New Delhi, November 02: Chief ministers of two non-Congress ruled states today attacked Sonia Gandhi for her statement that state governments could not escape the blame for inflation.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said states were only following the national policy while her Orissa counterpart Naveen Patnaik asked the Centre to stop the “blame game” on inflation.
Addressing the AICC meet here, Gandhi said that states easily take credit for the schemes which are formulated and funded by Centre but when it comes to inflation, they blame the Centre.
“I want to emphasise that if checking price rise is responsibility of the Centre, states are equally responsible for the same,” the UPA chairperson said.
Talking to reporters in Lucknow, Mayawati said that when a policy regarding prices of foodgrains or in fact any other items is chalked out at the national level it is not done by the states.
–Agencies